Descartes and the ingenium : : the embodied soul in Cartesianism / / edited by Raphaële Garrod, Alexander Marr.

"Descartes and the 'Ingenium' tracks the significance of embodied thought (ingenium) in the philosophical trajectory of the founding father of dualism. The first part defines the notion of ingenium in relation to core concepts of Descartes's philosophy, such as memory and enumera...

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Place / Publishing House:Leiden, Netherland ;, Boston, Massachusetts : : Brill,, [2021]
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Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
Physical Description:1 online resource (253 pages) :; illustrations
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Summary:"Descartes and the 'Ingenium' tracks the significance of embodied thought (ingenium) in the philosophical trajectory of the founding father of dualism. The first part defines the notion of ingenium in relation to core concepts of Descartes's philosophy, such as memory and enumeration. It focuses on Descartes's uses of this notion in methodical thinking, mathematics, and medicine. The studies in the second part place the Cartesian ingenium within preceding scholastic and humanist pedagogical and natural-philosophical traditions, and highlight its hitherto ignored social and political significance for Descartes himself as a member of the Republic of Letters. By embedding Descartes' notion of ingenium in contemporaneous medical, pedagogical, but also social and literary discourses, this volume outlines the fundamentally anthropological and ethical underpinnings of Descartes's revolutionary epistemology"--
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9004437622
Hierarchical level:Monograph
Statement of Responsibility: edited by Raphaële Garrod, Alexander Marr.